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Skamania County Pioneer, Stevenson, WA., September 25, 1985, page 1&6
Includes portrait

MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR KATHIE HASTINGS, 43

Memorial services were held Saturday for Kathie Hastings of Carson, a dedicated homemaker who had been active in community affairs and whose life was cut short by cancer at the age of 43.
Mrs. Hastings died in a Gresham, Oregon, care center Wednesday, September 18.
Kathie Luellyn Hastings was born in Walla Walla, Washington June 6, 1942, the daughter of Philip and Dorothy Biesanz. She was the second of eight children.
At age three she moved to Salem, Oregon with her family and lived there for six years. Her schooling started in Salem when she was eight. She was chosen to be one of the Cherry Festival Princesses at Salem's annual fete.
In the spring of 1951 Kathie moved again with her family to North Bend, Oregon and lived there for the next 22 years. She graduated from North Bend High School in 1960.
Kathie was a most active girl. She joined everything she could and worked her way up. She was on the freshman squad and three years on the varsity squad, becoming the rally leader during her senior year. That same year she was Job's Daughters' Queen and was picked as representative to the national convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
Soon after graduating from high school Kathie met her future husband Les Hastings who was serving with the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at North Bend. They were married in North Bend, Oregon June 9, 1962 after Les had completed his Air Force duties.
The young couple moved to Eureka, California where Les attended Humbolt State College, Kathie worked while her husband attended school and upon his graduation in 1969 they moved to Vancouver, Washington where Les had his first teaching job at Battle Ground.
Their first son Leslie was born at Vancouver, October 13, 1969. On July 4, 1970 the Hastings moved to Carson. Les is a teacher at Stevenson High School.
The Hasting's second son, Matt, was born December 26, 1970.
Kathie's active involvement in community affairs continued up and even into the first stages of her terminal illness.
She and her family made several motor trips to Missouri and California to visit relatives, and to treat the youngsters to a Disneyland visit. Kathie loved to hike the mountain trails with her family and friends. She was a devoted wife and mother. Perhaps no one could describe her personality better than her father, Philip Biesanz. In notes read at her memorial service he had written:
"Kathie was a kind and understanding person. She was always ready with a helping hand to whomever or wherever needed. She loved her family and her friends. She loved music, TV, animals, her home, her clubs, good food and good humor. She loved flowers and trees and mountain streams and pretty things. She loved the Columbia Gorge."
Kathie is survived by her husband Les, at home; her sons Leslie and Matt; her mother and father Phil and Dorothy Biesanz of Carson; two sisters, Cynthia Gregory of Kent and Lisa Kent of Portland; five brothers, Dick and Brett Biesanz of North Bend, Oregon; Lyle of Tacoma and Jeff and Guy of Anchorage, Alaska; her grandmothers Mrs. Frank Richards of Stevenson and Mrs. Lydia Biesanz of White Salmon.
Memorial services were held Saturday, September 21 at the United Methodist Church in Stevenson. Paul Erickson delivered a major eulogy and introduced other friends who paid tribute to Kathie's memory, including Merna DeBolt, Mary Fenter, Linda Erickson and Cheryl Wright.
A tribute written by Donna Morasch, who was unable to attend the services, was also read. Music was by Dean Nygaard and James Hurley as soloist.
Remains were cremated at the Portland Memorial Crematorium and Kathie's ashes will be inurned in the family plot at the Trout Lake, Washington, cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.